Bernard Schroeder v. City of Chicago, John J. Tully, and Audley Connor

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1991-03-13

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POSNER, Circuit Judge. This is a suit under the ubiquitous 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by a former employee of the Chicago fire department who is complaining about delay in the receipt of disability benefits. The suit was dismissed for failure to state a claim, so we are confined to the facts stated in the complaint. On October 23, 1985, Bernard Schroeder was injured while fighting a fire. He was p…

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